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American Mideast Conference

The American Mideast Conference (AMC) was an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics that included eight member institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts. Founded in 1949, it was known as the Mid-Ohio League, and named the Mid-Ohio Conference from 1962 until 1998, when it adopted its final moniker. The name change was the first step in a multi-phase expansion that extended the conference into states beyond Ohio before the league was eventually disbanded in 2012.

History

In its final five years the conference experienced a number of changes, with numerous members moving to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Former members Roberts Wesleyan and Walsh University received admission to the NCAA and underwent the process of transferring athletics into Division II; Houghton College transitioned to Division III and joined the Empire 8 conference in 2012–13. Daemen, Roberts Wesleyan, and Point Park applied for NCAA Division II status in June 2011 and in July 2011 Roberts Wesleyan was approved for membership. In June 2011 former AMC members Cedarville, Notre Dame College, Urbana, and Ursuline College announced the creation of a new NCAA DII conference that hoped to develop and expand for an anticipated lifting of the moratorium on new NCAA DII conferences in 2013.[1] In July 2011, Cedarville and Notre Dame were awarded NCAA provisional status, while Malone University and Ursuline College were granted candidacy year two,[2][3][4] all three left the NAIA and AMC for the 2011–12 academic year. With the addition of Fisher College from the collapsed Sunrise Athletic Conference, there were reports that the AMC would operate as an eight team conference in 2011–12 with the eight teams being Carlow, Daemen, Fisher, Houghton, Point Park, Roberts Wesleyan, Wilberforce, and Walsh. However, on January 12, 2012, the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC; now known as the River States Conference) announced that it had accepted Point Park University and Carlow University as full members beginning with the 2012–13 school year.[5] This left Fisher College and Wilberforce University as the only remaining members, but as they have now become NAIA independent schools in the Association of Independent Institutions, the conference has been shut down.

Chronological timeline

Member schools

A list of past members of the American Mideast Conference:[6]

Final members

The American Mideast ended with eight full members, all were private schools:

Notes
  1. ^ a b Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
  2. ^ Currently known as Daemen University since 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  4. ^ Currently known as Houghton University since 2022.
  5. ^ Currently known as Roberts Wesleyan University since 2022.
  6. ^ Also a historically black college and university.

Members leaving before 2012

The American Mideast had 21 former full members, all but two were private schools:

Notes
  1. ^ Currently known as Ashland University since 1989.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  3. ^ Ashland had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NCAA College Division/D-II Independent from 1966–67 to 1977–78; the Great Lakes Valley Conference[b] (GLVC) from 1978–79 to 1994–95; and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[b] (GLIAC) from 1995–96 to 2020–21.
  4. ^ Currently known as Bluffton University since 2004.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
  6. ^ Also a historically black college and university.
  7. ^ Northwestern Ohio joined the American Midwest as an associate (provisional) member during the 2007–08 school year.
  8. ^ Urbana had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NCAA D-II Independent from 2008–09 to 2011–12; the Great Midwest Athletic Conference[b] (G-MAC) during the 2012–13 school year; and the Mountain East Conference[b] (MEC) from 2013–14 to 2019–20.

Membership timeline

Fisher CollegeUniversity of Northwestern OhioUrsuline CollegeRoberts Wesleyan UniversityHoughton UniversityDaemen UniversityCarlow UniversityCentral State UniversityWilberforce UniversitySeton Hill UniversityPoint Park UniversitySaint Vincent CollegeNotre Dame CollegeGeneva CollegeShawnee State UniversityWalsh UniversityMount Vernon Nazarene UniversityTiffin UniversityUrbana UniversityUniversity of Rio GrandeOhio Dominican UniversityMalone UniversityWilmington College (Ohio)Ohio Northern UniversityUniversity of FindlayDefiance CollegeCedarville UniversityBluffton UniversityAshland University

 Full member (non-football) 

Sports

The AMC formerly sponsored 15 sports:

Administration

Presidents of member institutions maintained active rolls of governance over the organization by way of the Council of Presidents.[7]

Additionally, the AMC included a staff of conference officials:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ursuline Forms New Athletic Conference". Ursuline College. June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Cooper, Michael (July 8, 2011). "Cedarville University receives NCAA D-II provisional year". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "NCAA Approves Notre Dame College for Provisional Year". Notre Dame College. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "Malone, Walsh Universities One Step Closer To Full NCAA Div. II Membership". Malone University. July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "Point Park University, Carlow University approved for membership into KIAC" (Press release). Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "About the American Mideast Conference". American Mideast Conference. 2010. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011.
  7. ^ "American Mideast Conference Council of Presidents". American Mideast Conference. 2007. Archived from the original on October 29, 2007. Retrieved September 12, 2007.